God reveals hidden things in His own time and in His own sovereign way — the Bible says secret things belong to Him until He makes them known.
Deuteronomy 29:29 says, “The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever.” Les Feldick emphasizes that God is sovereign, so He has the right to keep secrets until the proper time for revelation. God does not reveal everything at once; He reveals hidden things when He is ready.
Deuteronomy 29:29 — This is the verse Les Feldick returns to again and again: it directly distinguishes God’s secret things from the things He reveals to us.
Deuteronomy 29:29 is the clearest passage about hidden things: “The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.” The verse draws a clear boundary: what God keeps secret is His, while what He reveals is given to His people so that they can obey it. In the surrounding context, Moses spoke these words to the children of Israel, showing that revelation carries responsibility. Genesis 21:33 records that Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba and called on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. The text itself does not explain that name; it simply uses this title of God in connection with Abraham’s worship there.
Les Feldick teaches that God did not “just all of a sudden dump everything on the human race.” Instead, Scripture is progressive: certain aspects were kept hidden in the mind of God until He saw fit, in His own time, to reveal them. Les connects this to God’s name as the everlasting God. He explains that God is not only eternal and timeless, but He is also the God of time, and because He is the God of time He can hide things in time and reveal them when He is ready. Les also points out that the same Hebrew word used for “everlasting to everlasting” is used with regard to hiding, and he connects the word Olam with the question of why God has hidden things. Les grounds this teaching in Deuteronomy 29:29 again and again. The “secret things” belong to the Lord because He is sovereign; He has the right and ability to keep things secret, and He does not have to reveal them until He is ready. When He does reveal a secret, it is no longer a secret — it belongs to the people who receive it so they can obey it. For Les, this is the basic key to understanding Scripture: God reveals things at the right time, not all at once.
In Genesis 21:33 Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba and called on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. Les Feldick notes that God’s names are always the same God, but the name is used in accordance with a particular situation or point to be made. He teaches that this name, connected with the Hebrew word Olam, shows not only that God is eternal and timeless but also that He is the God of time, who can hide things in time and reveal them when He is ready.
Les says God did not dump everything on the human race at one time; it is progressive. Some aspects of Scripture were kept hidden in the mind of God until He saw fit, in His own time, to reveal them. He says the only way to understand Scripture is to get a concept of progressive revelation — God does not tell us everything back in Genesis, but reveals things as time moves forward.
God is sovereign. Les Feldick stresses that God is not an easygoing grandfather figure who can be manipulated; the God of the Bible is absolute, holy, righteous, loving, kind, merciful, and patient. In His sovereignty He has every right to keep things secret as long as He wants, and He will reveal them when He is good and ready. Deuteronomy 29:29 says the secret things belong to the LORD our God.
When God reveals a secret, it is no longer a secret. The revealed things belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may do all the words of the law. Les shows that this is exactly what Deuteronomy 29:29 describes: God keeps secrets until He reveals them, and then the revealed truth belongs to His people.
Abraham's Use of the Name Everlasting God
Les reads Genesis 21:33 and explains that God's names are used to make a particular point — here, the everlasting God — which sets up his teaching about hidden things.
God Can Hide in Time and Reveal at His Chosen Moment
God is eternal and timeless, but He is also the God of time; this is why He can keep things hidden in time and reveal them when He is ready. Les says progressive revelation is the only way to understand Scripture.
Revealed Secrets Belong to Us
When a secret is revealed it is no longer a secret; Les applies Deuteronomy 29:29 to show that revealed things belong to us and to our children.
God's Prerogative to Keep Secrets
The same verse shows God has the prerogative to keep things secret and does not have to reveal them until He is good and ready.
Sovereign God Hides What He Chooses
God is sovereign, and the psalmist even asked why God hides these things. Les says God has the right to do that.
The God of the Bible Is Sovereign
God is not someone a person can manipulate; He is sovereign and has every right to keep secrets as long as He wants, revealing them only when He is ready.
The Hebrew Word Olam and Hidden Things
Les connects the Hebrew word Olam with the idea of hiding and with titles for God used in Abraham's day, reinforcing that God reveals what He chooses.
Deuteronomy 29:29 as the Starting Point
Les begins with Deuteronomy 29:29 to show that some revelations were kept secret since the beginning of human history, and even before, until God chose to make them known.
Deuteronomy 29:29: The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Les repeatedly uses this verse to show God has a sovereign right to keep secrets and that revealed things belong to us.
Genesis 21:33: And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
Abraham calls on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God, which Les uses to introduce God's names and the concept of hidden things.
Deuteronomy 29:29 says, “The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.” God keeps some things hidden, and what He reveals He gives to His people.
Les teaches that God is sovereign and the God of time, so He can keep secrets hidden until the right moment. Revelation is progressive — God did not show everything at once, but revealed hidden things as time moved forward.
In Genesis 21:33 Abraham called on the LORD, the everlasting God. Les connects this name with the Hebrew word Olam and with God’s ability to keep things hidden until He is ready to reveal them.
No, Les teaches that Scripture itself shows this pattern. He points back to Genesis and Deuteronomy 29:29 to show that God kept aspects of His plan hidden until the proper time.
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